TELL US: Where Does Bedford Need a New Sidewalk?
Members of Transportation Advisory Committee recently presented a possible sidewalk project for Concord Road to the Selectmen.
At the Selectmen meeting on Dec. 3, members of the Transportation Advisory Committee presented a plan for a potential future sidewalk project on Concord Road between Casesar Jones Way and Hardy Road.
The North Road sidewalk project is drawing to a close, and conversation is starting about Bedford's next sidewalk construction project.
So we want to know: Where do you think Bedford most needs a new sidewalk? Let us know in the comment section below.
David Shamlian
12:07 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
The next sidewalk project should be on Hemlock Lane! Lots of high speed cut-through traffic, especially during morning & evening commutes. Lots of New Hampshire plates on vehicles. Kids & walkers have difficulty negotiating this confrontation of vehicles. Look, even the town knows this is an arterial street, It has painted a Double Solid Line in the middle of the street for years!
Thanks for Listening, David Shamlian, 14 Hemlock Lane.
Christopher Gambon
3:41 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
David, interesting observation about the out-of-staters using Hemlock as a cut-through.
Joy Wilson
3:10 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
South Road needs an extension to the soccer fields.
Christopher Gambon
3:42 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Joy, just got an email from another reader echoing this point. A sidewalk on South Road would also provide a walking route for families to Bedford Center.
Wendy Cordero
6:48 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Definitely South Road. I always see kids, including my own, who walk on South Rd to get home. At night, that road is very dark. I don't see the kids walking until The last minute. Not safe at all.
Becky Weber
7:26 am on Monday, December 17, 2012
I completely agree on a South Road sidewalk. The road is so dangerous to walk on. We could walk to school, the center of town, and get to the bike path easily.
David Amaral
10:24 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Very small stretch on Concord Rd. between Bonnivale & Slheraton. Just a block but when walking to Davis school we need to walk on neighbors lawns to stay off Concord rd.
Christopher Gambon
10:56 am on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Would a sidewalk on this stretch of Concord Road connect to the existing sidewalk network?
Hillary DeMello
7:31 am on Monday, December 17, 2012
I would love to see a sidewalk on Old Billerica Road between the condo complex and the bridge over rt. 3.
Lori Shah
2:23 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
If the road has a double yellow line it needs a sidewalk. Our town is not too big. We should be able to walk from just about anywhere to the center but instead neighborhoods are isolated. I would start from the center of town and work outward on any roads with double yellow lines.
Christopher Gambon
2:36 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
Lori, out of curiosity, does the bike path provide any sort of cut through for pedestrians?